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Old 05-01-2012, 09:05 PM   #55
BlackRedGold25
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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat View Post
Most Americans know where Anaheim is.
That's because they've had pro teams in the Ducks and Angels. Before the Mighty Ducks, it was that city that had Disneyland for people who knew it wasn't in LA.

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There was a Major League Baseball team called the Anaheim Angels.
That was after the Mighty Ducks joined the NHL. They had been known as the California Angels before that.

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Ontario is also a city in California, which works against it.
There are lots of common place names in North America.

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EDIT: The NHL also vetoed the original name for the Colorado Avalanche -- the Rocky Mountain Extreme.
That seems a little extreme.
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